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1. thelastgallon ◴[] No.45127927[source]
Also, crypto helps!

Texas paid bitcoin miner Riot $31.7 million to shut down during heat wave in August: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/texas-paid-bitcoin-miner-rio...

Two of the biggest bitcoin mining companies in the world are battling it out in a Texas town of 5,600 people: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/31/bitcoin-mining-giants-bitdee...

Cryptocurrency Mining in Texas: https://earthjustice.org/feature/cryptocurrency-mining-texas Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37516498

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2. ethagknight ◴[] No.45129415[source]
Texas had to pay a bitcoin miner to shave load... that hurts, not helps? Helping would be a mandatory brownout for excessive users.